The Nature and Indications of the Different Planets:

Ketu

1. Form: Ketu has reddish eyes and a fierce look. His speech is venomous. He has a big body and holds weapons in his hands. His

2. Color: Smoky. He always inhales smoke. His limbs are covered with wounds. He is very cruel by nature.

3. Significations: Knowledge (an), salvation, worship of Ganesh, religion, maternal grand-father, sinful habits, ulcers, imprisonment, skin diseases, dacoity, murder, insects having poison in the tail like scorpion, proficiency in foreign languages, low and mean acts, occupations too low for one’s caste, accidents by fire, haughtiness, unhappiness and imprisonment.

4. Stone: Vaidoorya (turquoise).